EXPLOSIVES AND PLANES
CANADA’S BIG PROGRAMME WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE MANY NEW PLANTS BUSY (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Nov. 2G, 3.15 p.m.) OTTAWA. Nov. 25 The Munitions Department announced that the production of high explosives exceeds by jne-third the full output scheduled for the middle of 1941. and entailed the construction of fifteen plants, several comparable with any throughout the Empire. The present programme provides all the necessary materials to fill all shells, bombs and mines manufactured in Canada, and permits the export of large quantities of explosives and chemicals overseas or to the United States. All the projects should be under production by July. The Minister for War said deliveries of single-engined training planes will be completed fifteen months ahead, and after January the companies will be enabled to devote their full facilities to the manufacture of other types.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 6
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